--- /dev/null
+diff -urN u-boot-2009.01-0rig//common/cmd_ethinit.c u-boot-2009.01/common/cmd_ethinit.c
+--- u-boot-2009.01-0rig//common/cmd_ethinit.c 1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
++++ u-boot-2009.01/common/cmd_ethinit.c 2009-01-04 00:28:39.000000000 +0100
+@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
++/*
++ * (C) Copyright 2000
++ * Wolfgang Denk, DENX Software Engineering, wd@denx.de.
++ *
++ * See file CREDITS for list of people who contributed to this
++ * project.
++ *
++ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
++ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
++ * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
++ * the License, or (at your option) any later version.
++ *
++ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
++ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
++ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
++ * GNU General Public License for more details.
++ *
++ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
++ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
++ * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston,
++ * MA 02111-1307 USA
++ */
++
++/*
++ * Boot support
++ */
++#include <common.h>
++#include <command.h>
++#include <net.h>
++#ifdef CONFIG_CMD_ETHINIT
++extern int eth_init (bd_t * bd);
++
++static void delay(void)
++{
++}
++/*
++ * This command allows you to delay booting until you have a
++ * valid Ethernet connection.
++ * Neccessary if you want to NFS mount a rootfs etc.
++ * When both this target and the NFS server
++ * are powered on at the same time, then the NFS
++ * server can take a long time to boot.
++ */
++int do_ethinit (cmd_tbl_t *cmdtp, int flag, int argc, char *argv[])
++{
++ int i;
++ DECLARE_GLOBAL_DATA_PTR;
++ while(eth_init (gd->bd) == 0) {
++ for(i = 0; i < 10000000; i ++) {
++ delay();
++ }
++ }
++ return 0;
++}
++
++U_BOOT_CMD(
++ ethinit, 1, 1, do_ethinit,
++ "ethinit\t- Initialize Ethernet controller\n",
++ "\n"
++);
++
++#endif /* CONFIG_CMD_ETHINIT */
+diff -urN u-boot-2009.01-0rig//common/Makefile u-boot-2009.01/common/Makefile
+--- u-boot-2009.01-0rig//common/Makefile 2009-01-04 00:22:06.000000000 +0100
++++ u-boot-2009.01/common/Makefile 2009-01-04 00:29:46.000000000 +0100
+@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@
+ COBJS-$(CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_EEPROM) += cmd_eeprom.o
+ COBJS-$(CONFIG_CMD_EEPROM) += cmd_eeprom.o
+ COBJS-$(CONFIG_CMD_ELF) += cmd_elf.o
++COBJS-$(CONFIG_CMD_ETHINIT) += cmd_ethinit.o
+ COBJS-$(CONFIG_CMD_EXT2) += cmd_ext2.o
+ COBJS-$(CONFIG_CMD_FACTORY) += cmd_factory.o
+ COBJS-$(CONFIG_CMD_FAT) += cmd_fat.o